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James Cobb Burke was born on 1915 in Georgia, is an American photographer and photojournalist. Discover James Cobb Burke's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 49 years old?

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1915

James Cobb Burke (1915-1964) was an American photographer and photojournalist.

He was born in Shanghai in 1915 to Methodist missionary parents.

1937

The family settled in Macon, Georgia, and Burke studied English at Emory University, graduating in 1937.

He also attended Princeton briefly, before becoming a newspaper reporter.

1947

After the war, he stayed on in China and joined Time-Life magazine as a stringer in 1947.

After the Communist takeover of China, he moved to India where he eventually became New Delhi bureau chief of Time-Life magazine.

1950

He switched from writing to photographic reporting in the mid-1950s.

He is best known today for his photojournalism in the postcolonial subcontinent in the 1950s and 1960s, covering India, Pakistan and the rest of the region.

He also traveled widely across Asia.

His archives are available in Getty Images.

1964

In October 1964, he slipped and fell to his death 60 mi north of Tezpur, Assam, while trying to take a picture in the Himalayas.

He was 49 years old and left behind a wife and three children.

2014

During WW2, he served Claire Chennault's 14th Air Force in Kunming, and published a book titled My Father in China.